Mark Steyn : What might have been : Barry Manilow can't smile without Elizabeth Hasselbeck

The Corner : National Review ^ | 09/18/2007 | Mark Steyn

[SirLinksalot]

His name was Barry

He was a showboy

But that was thirty years ago

When he used to do the show

Now it's a talkshow

But not for Barry

Still in the suit he used to wear

Faded gel streaks in his hair

He won't return their call

No matter how they crawl

He lost his slot

And he lost his marbles

But he's found Ron Paul

He can't cope-a

Cope-a with Hassel

The toughest chick west of Newcastle

Not like Rosie

Rosie O'Donnell

Barry knows she'll melt

When he brings up steel melt

He can't cope-a

He lost his slot...

[Chanticleer]

I've been married 23 years, and I still remember. Six more months to go?

I flirt with my hubby, too. Sometimes it confuses him. After all, he's a sure thing. But he likes it.

[Chanticleer]

I saw that, too. LOL. I love Wayne Brady!

[Chanticleer]

Scientist.

Or a Scot. Give me a guy in a kilt talking chemistry with a brogue, and I just melt.

[PinkDolphin]

I knew that. I’m working on one, but he doesn’t have a brogue. Just a stubborn Scot, and I’m not having much success. :(

Did I mention STUBBORN??

[PinkDolphin]

“I flirt with my hubby, too.”

You flirt with him? You mean you breathe. LOL. You’re just like me. breathing...flirting...yeah.
It confuses him, after all these years?? Chanti, he’s not such a wiseguy after all. Tell him I said- SLAP! “Wake up!!!” heehee

[Chanticleer]

Stubborn is a Scottish trait. At least he’s authentic. :-)

[PinkDolphin]

Oh, and that’s going to do me ANY good???? He’s “authentic” (groan!)

I can think of something I want him to be and authentic is not it.

[bk1000]

Manilow must have been scheduled well in advance but cancels the day before for the reason he gave? Lame, at best. He is grandstanding for attention to revive his career. Looks like it worked.

[Froufrou]

~SNORRFLE!~

Poor Barry! But he’s done an astounding job of turning around the heartbreak of undescended manstones...

[Chanticleer]

You flirt with him? You mean you breathe. LOL. You’re just like me. breathing...flirting...yeah.

It's a Southern thing. :-)

[PinkDolphin]

Yeah, well he’s southern too and you should see him in action (fanning self)
oh wait, you have. on the other place.

[PinkDolphin]

I really am just enjoying the chase. I’m not sure i ever want to catch him. (or that i ever could)

[Right Cal Gal]

As I always tell friends when they wonder about my Southernese and mannerisms...

“If you ain’t from here — you cain’t understand.”

[MozarkDawg]

Nothing better than a good song parody!!

[Catholic Canadian]

So, Barry has a problem with the only feminine member of the show.....there’s a surprise, Manilow doesn’t like girls.

[OpusatFR]

I just spewed coffee all over my screen.

That was hysterically funny!

Undescended manstones or Manilowosis needs to be added to the FR lexicon.

[Badeye]

Heard this morning he’s very good friends with O’Donell, and she actually cut a song with him that was cut from the latest CD he’s putting out.

I guess Manalow couldn’t get the harmony to ‘DeeeeeLuuuuuusional!’ right....(chuckle)

[MattinNJ]

Yeah, but I saw Wayne Brady shoot a crack dealer on Chappelle's show

Funniest skit ever. (With Will Ferrell's "Mr. Tarkenian" skit on SNL a close second.-shame they yanked it off youtube etc...)

[Froufrou]

Manilowoeisme?

Thanks, you had me ROTFLMAO, too!

[-=SoylentSquirrel=-]

I dunno about "funniest skit ever", but it was funny. For my money, there are a few skits that stand the test of time:

1. T. Meadows/C. Walken: "Census/wife is a bobcat" skit (SNL)
2. W. Ferrell/H. Sanz/C. Walken : "More Cowbell" skit (SNL)
3. S. Martin: "Steve Martin's Penis Cream" skit (SNL)

If anyone wishes to opine, then go for it.